Today we had a baptism for our stuffed animals. We learned how a priest baptizes people. Father Angelo helped us. This morning we brought a stuffed animal or bear to school. We made candles using a toilet paper roll. We glued paper to it and put a yellow napkin inside like a flame. We also made a gown for the teddy. During a Baptism, you have to white to show that you are being cleaned of Original Sin. Our bears got to wear white! We drew crosses on them.
Then we walked over to the church to baptize our bear. We took a picture of all of us and our bears. Then Father Angelo had us sit around him and he explained how children or adults get baptized.
He told us that baptism makes us a member of the church and one of God's children. Then he showed us the holy oil. It's called chrism, but we didn't get to smell it like the teachers did. They said it smelled sweet and beautiful. Then he explained about the candle and how it reminds us of God's
light. We showed him our candles!
Finally, he let us baptize our stuffed animals and bears.
We put some holy water on their heads and made the sign of the cross and it was a really cool and fun to learn about the special sacrament. We loved it so much! Afterwards Father Angelo came to our classroom and we showed him our baptism books. Our mommies and daddies made us books about us getting baptized. They are so special. We shared them with Father Angelo and we showed all our friends. It was a really fun day! By: Panda, Moose and T-rex
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